Garden of the Day: Starting with a North Slope Blank Canvas
[nggallery id=”24421″ template=galleryview] This North Slope Gardener sent in a tale of clearing “enough rubble to fill a dump truck,” to make this sleek patio. Send your Garden of the Day submissions here. Glass, wires, bricks, porcelain, stone, boulders and I swear a piece of a meteorite (the stone was so heavy for its moderate…
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This North Slope Gardener sent in a tale of clearing “enough rubble to fill a dump truck,” to make this sleek patio. Send your Garden of the Day submissions here. Glass, wires, bricks, porcelain, stone, boulders and I swear a piece of a meteorite (the stone was so heavy for its moderate size) had to be unearthed and removed. First step was getting a few different estimates that ranged from $13K to $24K just to remove debris, level, and install bluestone over sand and bluestone dust and also create two raised beds 3′ by 12′ and 3′ by 16′ with bluestone caps and cultured stone facade over cinder block. I also installed pipes and snaked wires for accent lighting in both planters underneath the bluestone.
The total area is about 25′ by 30′. The plantings were the second phase of this project which was supposed to be done in April/May. I picked out most of the plants with the help of a contractor and planted somewhat sparsely in order to use those areas for annuals and vegetables as I see fit next season.
The two trees are a Japanese Red Maple and Dogwood. I also have a Holly and Crape Myrtle along with some boxwoods, azaleas, and mums. (Of course some other shrubs whose names escape me.)
Most of the plants will flower at some point through out Spring-Summer. Waiting on patio furniture with hopes to enjoy a few brisk Sunday mornings drinking coffee and reading Sunday paper before winter arrives.
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very nice, whatever you call it 🙂
OMG, this is fabulous. that patio/garden/yard can fit like a gazillion people. when’s the party? p.s. where the hell is north slope?
Well, any way, who cares what the rest of you think! I was blessed to see the orginal space when it was just dirt, rocks, and rubble. I even got the chance to clean some of the rubble away before the Memorial Day Celebration. Kudos to Billy Bob,Spolly and the contractor! Great Job. Enjoy every freekin’ inch of it!
FatLenny, the construction costs were estimated at $13K and ended up being $15K. The plants costs $1400 plus $875 for delivery and labor.
The contractor had to go downstairs thru basement and up to backyard with 5 gallon buckets of sand, cement, mulch, soil and bluestone dust and other materials, including two pallets of cinderblocks.
Yarden or porandah, i dig it either way. while i like greenery, the hardscape is where you ‘live’, i.e. hang out and entertain etc., so having enough of it is key. my garden is too much greenery and too little usable space. well done.
I like it. Even I might find time to tend that garden. Not to many places weeds can grow.
May I ask what the total cost came out to be, bmfesq?
Wasn’t Verandah a character on Sex In The City?
And bmfseq, despite all these snarky off topic comments, I don’t think there’s anyone on here who doesn’t love your yard, patio & garden. I now wish I had done mu=ine with less garden and more hardscape patio. The newly planted everythings have jsu completely taken over.
nice garden/porch, although i’d prefer one with two toilets.
We haven’t yet argued about verandah vs porch